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Top Reasons to Use PDF for Your Business Documents

A universal format that relieves space of a huge workload.

(SALEM, Ore.) - When it comes to a business environment, it’s important to recognize the fact that higher standards are required to prove a minimum of professionalism in terms of the quality of the documents that are being sent and received within the company.

What that means is that you need to use a format that will allow for clean and professional editing and will be easy to manipulate.

Critical Information to Choose the Best Headset

How to tell good headset from bad headset – a guide for upgrading your office gear

(SALEM, Ore.) - There are many jobs when you just hand in your work at the end of the day and go home. No questions asked, no additional contact required. However, there are a lot more jobs where you constantly must be in contact with your business relations and make new relations in the process.

Having a good headset is critical to undergoing business fast and efficient as a poor headset can really hurt negotiations. But not everyone in business is also tech savvy. So, too often, they buy bad headsets.

Why People Want to Go to the U.S. (the country not the State)

The American dream is a concept of myth that is being pursued and successfully applied every day in the U.S.

(SALEM, Ore.) - There are many reasons for which someone would want to travel to the U.S. When talking about the United States, it’s important to first differentiate the country from the State.

The country represents the geographical settlement of the United States, whereas the State represents the governing authority and the various systems the country has put in place.

Merkley Statement on Notice of NAFTA Renegotiation

If Trump’s wealthy and powerful friends dictate the terms of the renegotiation, NAFTA could easily become worse, not better, for working Americans.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Trump Administration formally issued a notice to Congress beginning the process of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):

“The key question for trade deals is whether they create good-paying jobs for working Americans, or destroy good-paying jobs..."

Spokane Man Sentenced to 60 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Pornography

“The nature of your offenses is horrific. The impact on these children is just mind-boggling.” -Judge Peterson

(SPOKANE, Wash.) - 46-year old Dan Wayne Streetman, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced by US District Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson to a 60-year term of imprisonment, last Friday.

His sentencing is to be followed by a lifetime of court supervision and required sex offender registration, for three charges of production of child pornography.

America`s Retirement and Health Issues in Sharp Focus

Over 60% of retired people rely on Social Security for at least half their monthly income

(SALEM, Ore.) - Retirement in the USA has become a serious issue. It is clear that many Americans have failed to grasp the potential problems of retirement.

Too few have significant savings and the recent study suggests that 30% will take benefits from Social Security at their earliest opportunity, 62 years of age when the equivalent number a decade ago was 50%.

Freelance Job Opportunities In 2017

Six of the most popular freelance jobs and professions which can be considered now.

(PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL) - Gone are the times when a full time and long-lasting occupation was the lone way support the day-to-day expenses and to bring in money. Get a long-term occupation, and you’ll end up secured and well-provided for the remainder of your own life.

Today, job seekers are faced using several alternatives about how to earn an income and be self-sufficient.

House Voted to Repeal ObamaCare -- What`s Next?

Republicans control both chambers in 32 states, including 17 with veto-proof majorities.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Understandably there is much sturm und drang over the U.S. House of Representatives vote to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare, and replace it with the American Health Care Act (AHCA).

I suspect the major reason for the repeal is because it was called ObamaCare by most people. The antipathy toward Barack Obama continues.

Online Child Porn Playpen Creator Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

Dark Web ‘Hidden Service’ Case Spawned Hundreds of Child Porn Investigations

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The creator and lead administrator of what was believed to be the world’s largest child pornography website—with more than 150,000 users around the world—was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison.

58-year old Steven W. Chase, of Naples, Florida, created a website called Playpen in August 2014 on the Tor network.

Trump`s Proposed Tax Plan in a Nutshell

The Trump plan eliminates the $4,000 exemption for each person in a household.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - On the eve of the election, Trump promised to "massively cut taxes for the middle class, the forgotten people, the forgotten men and women of this country, who built our country."

During a town hall meeting on NBC's Today show, he was asked if he believed in raising taxes on the wealthy. Trump replied, "I do, I do --including myself. I do."